Cow-stall.



w. LOUDEN.

' cow STALL. APPLICATION FILED OUT. 21, 190

Patented Mar. 25, 1913.

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warmer; tourism, as FAIBFIELD, I'QWA.

. (BOW-STALL- Specifioatio'n of Letters Patent.

Application fiieacmber' 21, 190B. serial'm; teases.

To all 10120772525 may concern; v I

Be it known that I,- vVinLIaM LOUDEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at- Fairiield, in the county ofdefierson and State oi lowa,have invented a'new and useful Llmprovement in Cow-Stalls, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to cow stalls having vertit iy disposed postsconnected to a floor c r supporting means; and having a horidisposed toprail attached to the ends of the posts in approximately ne' horizontalplane, stanchions hung on the top rail between the posts andparti--tions connected to, the posts soas to divide .oe on o ne side of'theposts and p separate stalls andper'mit. a cow .pyeach stall and beheldthereinloy or the stanchions; andit consists of an arrangement of theparts whereby single upr glitposts will be used in the upper portion anddouble spaced apart posts will be in the lower portion of thestalls, theupper ends of the double posts being'connested to-the lower ends of thesingle posts while the upper ends of the latter are con-- nected to thehorizontal top rail and the wiper ends of the partitions are connectedto the single posts between their upper and lower ends. Also, of otherfeatures which are set forth in this specification and more definitelypointed out in the claims.

The drawing is a perspective"o'l theinvent-ion in which- I,

it is the top rail and D the floor upon which the lower double posts andpartitions mounted. lit the right handside of the drawing the uppersingle post is shown by B and the lower double posts by G, G. In thecenter the upper single post is represented by E ltl and the lowerdouble posts by F while at,

the left hand side the single post is shown by C and the double postsare designated by I ll. H represents the partitions which have theirlower ends secured to the floor D and their upper ends connected to thesingle posts B, E and C by means of T shaped clamps J. They arepreferably curved so their lower ends will be in an approximatelyvertical position while their upper ends will be in an approximatelyhorizontal position. The lower posts G, G, I, and F hat their upperendsbent or inclined toward the lower ends of their corresponding single vposts B, E and C; and are connected thereto by Y shaped clamps L, MandN. The upper ends'of the si'n'gle posts Band E are connected to the topiailA by T clamps J whole the upper end of the single post C is atentedManes.- rats.

connected to the left hand end of the top.* rail by a corner coupling K.Therighthand end of the top rail may be extended any distance desiredand additional posts, partitions and st'anchions may be connected to it,thus adding any additional number of stalls desired." 4

While being held in the stalls the cows heads are placed-in'thestanchions W which being connected to the top rail all-their upper endsand preferably secured at'their lower ends to the floor I) ortosomething connected to it, the cows will be securely held in the stallsand'yetbe free to lie down, and get up or turn their heads from side toside. The 'postsshould be made ing to stop the forward movement-0f the'long enough' and the top rail raised highi cow, this -function beingperformed by the stanchion which is securedto the top rail andpreferably also 'to the fioor.- l

Usually a feed troughbr'manger, which is not sho'wn in the. drawing; isplaced on the floor at the side of the posts opposite the partitions notused the feedwhich generally consists on' the .floor where the mangerwould be If this trough or manger is principally of hay or other forageis placed 1 been constructed a single vertical post reach ing from thefloor to the top rail has been set so as to "connect with .eachpartition H.

This is a desirable construction so far as giving the cow plentyoffreedom'to .mL l

her head from side to side is concerned bub] it doesnot form aneflicient guard; t0-pre vent the hay or other feed in the manger or onthe floor from getting under the cows feet.

is that while it -forms a betterguard for the feed at the bottomitaflords-the cowwhile she is standing'an'd needs it most, all thefreedom she would have if only a single post The principal advantage ofmy invention the feed will not extend up so far as toin terfere withthefreedom of the cow. Also thepartitions H may be set lower if found bestwithout departing from the spiritmyinvention.

'I he stall is neat in appearance or may ,eas1ly be-made so and it .willbe easily kept. 1n a cleansanitary 'condition; There are no cracks orcrevicesorpockets to catch and hold dirt nor any sharp angular cornersto 'irritate'orinjure the cow. The stall is inexpensive yet strong anddurable and there is little 6i5noobstruction of light which is animportant feature in the equipment of a dairy barn. In addition to thismy invention"has"-,-the advantages of two posts in-the lower half of thestall and also the-advan-, 'f-. *'ta'ges of a single post-in the upperhalf of the stall while it avoids the disadvantages of a single post'inthe lower half of the stallI and of two' posts .in the upper half of theWhat I- claim is 3 1. In cow stalls, afhorizontally disposed 1 top railsupporting stanchions thereon, up-

' r ght members connected tosaid top rail be- .tween the stanchions andextending .part way down toward a support below and vet.-

I; of the members.

tically disposed posts inserted in said support on each side of saidmembers and having their upper ends bent towardeach other at an angleand-connected to the lower ends .2. In cow stalls, ahorizontallydisposed top rail extending'in the same plane "throughoutits length and supporting stanchions thereon, upright members con-.nected to said top rail between the stanchions and extending part waydown toward a 7 support below and vertically dlsposed posts inserted-insaid support on each side of said members in line therewith and havingtheir upper ends bent toward each other atan angle and connected to thelower ends of the members.

3. In cowstalls, a horizontally disposed .bent toward each other at anangle and connected tothe lower ends of the members and partitionpostshaving their upper ends connected to the upright members above theirconnections with the supporting posts and their lower ends attached tothe stable 4; In'cow stalls having a horizontal toprail,singlevertically disposed posts connected at intervals vto the lower,side of the toprail, partitions connected to the vertical posts so asto divide the space on one side into stalls, and a stanchion connectedto the top rail approximately half Way between the posts and stallpartitions, in comblnation.

with a series of pairs-of verti'callydisposed posts spaced apart and setin the lower part of the stall in line with the top rail, and each pairhaving their upper ends bent toward each other and connected to thelower ends of the single posts at a point a distance below thentoprail.

Fairfield, Iowa, October 19, 1903.

WILLIAM LOUDEN.

Witnesses:

LAURA J KAM H. G. KING.

